Here are three things that declines in simplistic, hasty or New York as they are not telling you.The solutions can help you if you are looking for a strong imprint or go it alone:

I had the opportunity to start your novel touching almost immediately.

Ouch. That is not the effect you want. The antidote is a high voltage line by line, what I call “micro-strain.”

That’s how it works: When every paragraph, every line, if not, his novel created in the reader’s mind a concern, question, fear or even a minor illness, the reader unconsciously trying to relieve that tension. The result? The reader racks to the next line.

results of micro-constant tension in what is ironically called a page-turner. You would think that would quickly skimmed but means the opposite: a novel you can not stop reading every word.

I really do not care about his character.

Double ouch. How can it be when the character is so real, passionate and ultimately heroic?

There is a trick used by top novelists, which is on the front page that shows why this is important character. The trick is a bit different depending on the type of character you have. For the type of common man or Everywoman, the secret is to show – albeit on a small scale – a quality of strength, heroism minor.

For actors and heroic, the secret is to show how they are human like everyone else. dark actors need to express in a way they would like to change, to be normal. That track redemption can come to draw readers to this troubled character worth your time.

Cliché too many? Yes!

A long parade of familiar phrases and purple emotions can begin to pound in a reader’s brain is like a migraine headache.

Fresh language and images began to see the world in the only way for your character. What does the character you notice no one else does? What details stand by him or her?

An amazing emotional landscape can be built by working with the feelings of high school, less obvious. Think of it this way: if the predominant emotion of a character in a given time is large and universal, then you probably already felt. Explore the feelings that are less obvious.

There’s more to the great fiction, obviously, but the three main areas of improvement over his novels was ahead of the rest.

About the author:

Donald Maass, author of Breakout Novelist: Arts and Education Strategies for Fiction Writers, the heads of the Donald Maass Literary Agency in New York City, which represents more than 150 novelists and sells more than 100 novels every year to publishers in the U.S. and abroad. He is a former president of the Association of Authors Representatives, Inc., and is the author of several books.For more information, visit http://www.maassagency.com/ and Amazon.com, is the author on Facebook Twitter.